Finally saw this on Amazon ($1.99). It's a good watch, but it is solely a 2600 documentary. Absolutely no mention of the 8-bit computers. A little irritating as the documentary several time mentions that Atari needed a VCS II, but neglects to mention the existence of the 400/800. The only good decision Ray Kassar made, but was too incompetent to market. Still don't understand how the losses could pile up that fast during the crash. I wish they spent more time describing how the fall (financially) happened so fast. It blames bad games, but Manny Gerard and Nolan Bushnell elude to the fact the the market was saturated. Everyone who wanted a VCS bought one and the phenomenal growth could not be sustained. The technology of the 2600 was limited and the 400/800 could have solved Atari's issues if hey had marketed it correctly or pushed the 5200 out sooner (like 1981).

Someone on AA mentioned that the 400/800 was Atari's last good decision and it appears to have been a complete accident. So true.

Not very happy with this one. On the plus side, it has interviews with Ray Kassar and Manny Gerard. But the editing is terrible. The camera shakes, the camera zooms uncontrollably, the frames switch many times per second. I actually had to close my eyes part of the time and just listen. It has good material, but the presentation is lousy.

I watched it recently at no (extra) charge on Amazon Prime. I thought it was worthwhile. There are a lot of bits that repeat what has been covered before in other documentaries, interviews, etc., but there were certainly things I didn't know before watching. It is sad to think, that if Warner had just bought Atari and provided the financing and marketing reach they had the power to provide and left the company to do what it did best, Atari likely would have stayed at the top of the market and made both companies a lot more money over time. Instead, Warner was trying to "get rich quick" and shot themselves in the foot, so to speak.